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A recent greentext post about an imaginary wife made me think of this.

Have you ever had a dream, where you fell in love with a dream character?

I've had at least a couple over the years that I can vaguely remember. The dreams were so vivid, and the feeling of love for this imaginary person was so strong, that I woke up feeling rather heartbroken and a sense of longing.

Anyone else?

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[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Yes. Not often, but often I do have people who seem so real and are not me at all. Occasionally yes, such intense emotions too.

[–] Iceblade02@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Happened once a long time ago, incredibly vivid dream and it was quite nice.

[–] derpgon@programming.dev 3 points 2 weeks ago

I always have dreams about cheating on my GF, with my GF. It is like if I had a different GF in my dream and cheater on her with my current one. Even after 7 years together.

[–] irotsoma@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Many times. It has been a fairly common theme. My dreams that I remember tend to be extreme emotional dreams. Either nightmares that I commonly had as a kid. Falling in love which was especially common as a teenager. And yeah, the extreme heartbreak is real. Music, which is connected closely to emotions for me and often manifests as beautiful symphonies that I wish I could immediately write down because damn I could probably make money off that s***. Flying or being under water and not drowning and the weight being lifted and the emotion of freedom tied to those. Etc.

[–] Monster96@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Yep. In fact, I wrote a song about such a thing.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

You guys have all the fun! Most dreams I remember seem to be about fire or spiders

[–] thesporkeffect@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

This question is confusing for me and may illustrate brain wiring differences. Whenever I wake up abruptly enough to remember a dream, it's always a lot closer to AI generated videos than a coherent story like youse are reporting. One difference is that my dreams usually retain coherence for a few ticks/actions in a scene, vs. the average AI video that is constantly mutating.

I have strong ADHD and short term memory issues so that's probably why.

[–] maniii@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I had an entire LIFETIME in ONE night. Dream was super realistic, but it was all anime waifus. From earliest childhood memory till old age and that final darkness basically that last moment woke me up with a start. I never imagined that an entire lifetime in one night dream.

I don't think I ever had such an experience ever again. It was just one time. Never to happen again so far.

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What if this lifetime is also a dream.

Like inception.

[–] maniii@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Dreams are weird man. Just choose to be calm and carry on. Dont do the inception stuff :-D

[–] Iapar@feddit.org 2 points 2 weeks ago
[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago

For a little while.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

That rings a bell, but I'm stoned and passing out. LMK if you find the ep. 🙇🏽‍♂️

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